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来源类型 | Op-Ed |
规范类型 | 评论 |
Protecting Nuclear Sanity | |
Alexey Arbatov | |
发表日期 | 2015-06-15 |
出处 | Defense News |
出版年 | 2015 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | Dialogue between Russia and the United States is needed to defuse tension and tone down irresponsible statements on both sides about nuclear weapons. |
正文 | The threat of nuclear war between Russia and the West, long relegated to Cold War history, reappeared last year as the crisis in East-West relations escalated. Russian strategic bombers now fly long-range patrols near the coast of the US and its NATO allies, while Russian missile tests and military exercises involving simulated use of nuclear weapons raise the specter of nuclear war. The US responds as its defense analysts discuss options for boosting nuclear deterrence in Europe to counter Russian threats. President Vladimir Putin unambiguously warned the West in August 2014, as the fighting raged in eastern Ukraine, not to forget that "Russia is not to be messed with. I want to remind you that Russia is one of the largest nuclear powers." All of this has been interpreted in Europe and the US as aggressive posturing intended to intimidate the West. But inside Russia there is a different conversation. In a recent article in the highly regarded Russian defense weekly Voenno-Promyshelnnyi Kuryer (VPK) (Military Industrial Courier), prominent Russian defense expert retired Col. Mikhail Khodarenok draws alarming — for Russia — conclusions about the Russia-NATO military balance and the Russian military's prospects in a hypothetical conflict with the West. ... |
主题 | Nonproliferation ; Hybrid War: Russia vs. the West ; Struggle for Ukraine ; Eurasia in Transition |
URL | https://carnegie.ru/2015/06/15/protecting-nuclear-sanity-pub-60411 |
来源智库 | Carnegie Moscow Center (Russia) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/428751 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Alexey Arbatov. Protecting Nuclear Sanity. 2015. |
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